#SONY 90MM MACRO PORTRAITS FULL#

The 90mm focal length (like most others) can be successfully used for landscape photography.Ī 90mm lens also works very well for commercial and general studio photography applications along with a wide range of other uses too numerous to mention. While many sports are best captured with very long focal length lenses, not all require such and you may find a 90mm lens ideal for some sports. With adequate working distance, small group and family portraits are even within this lens's capabilities.Ī 90mm macro lens is great for weddings, capturing details of a dress one minute, portraits the next and photos of the rings moments later without a lens change required. The 90mm focal length provides a great perspective for all types of portraits, especially for individual portraits ranging from moderately-tightly cropped head shots to as widely-framed as you have working space for. One of the primary uses for a 90mm lens is portraiture. While many look at a macro lens as being specific for close-up photography, nearly all macro lenses work very well for many other purposes compatible with their focal length and the short telephoto 90mm focal length has a host of useful applications. On a cloudy Sunday afternoon, I had no trouble entertaining myself for hours in the garden. Simply walking around outside of your house will surely turn up interesting things to focus on. Insects, spiders, plants, food and candy, coins, jewelry, craft items and commercial products – the list goes on.īringing home flowers for your spouse may help them better enjoy (support) your macro photography pursuits and they will likely appreciate prints of the results adorning your walls. Great little macro subjects abound – they are everywhere. I doubt that anyone could compile a complete list of subjects available for a macro lens regardless of focal length. The 150mm and 180mm macro lens options of course frame even narrower and create a more significant background blur. You get slightly more background in the frame with slightly less background blur than the common 100mm and 105mm options, but far less background and significantly more blur compared to a lens such as the I'll talk more about background blur, but once again, this lens is just slightly wider than the average for macro lenses available in other mounts.

#SONY 90MM MACRO PORTRAITS FULL#

Those chasing insects and using a full frame camera might prefer a longer focal length and those working with mid-sized products at close distances may prefer a wider focal length macro lens.Īnother consideration especially relevant to macro photography is how much of the background is visible at a given working distance (based on angle of view) and how that background is rendered via compression and magnification, resulting in blur. In this regard, 90mm is about average for macro lenses with the difference between 90mm and 100mm or 105mm being insignificant for most practical purposes. The longer the focal length, the more working distance is available and the less likely that little living creatures such as insects will be frightened away while, or even worse, before being photographed.

I'll talk more about that aspect later, but especially relevant to the focal length discussion is the working distance provided by this focal length at or near this magnification. One of this lens's most desirable features is its 1.00x maximum magnification, its macro capability. Macro lenses are available in a range of focal lengths, but I find that the 90-105mm range is usually the best range for general purpose macro photography.

If tight framing and a long subject distance are preferred, a longer focal length is needed and the opposite is also true. How far do you want to be from the subject and what juxtaposition between the elements in the frame is desired? The FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS Lens is a great choice for Sony kits.įocal length decisions should be made based on the perspective and subject framing desired. That this versatile lens does not carry an extreme price has undoubtedly aided its popularity. That this image stabilized lens can be used for general purpose 90mm needs, including portraiture, adds to the lens's versatility. There are very few photographers that cannot make regular use of a macro lens, the availability of macro subjects is extremely high and these subjects are often quite intriguing at the high magnification that these lenses invite, making final images especially interesting. Popularity often means the lens is a good one, at least relative to the price, but macro lenses in general are very fun. The Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS Lens is a best-seller and a very much-loved lens. As I was working my way through the Sony FE lens reviews, I was especially looking forward to this one.

Sony 90mm macro portraits